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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 13, a barangay (village) councilor in San Antonio town in Quezon province for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The Quezon police reported Thursday, Dec. 14, that law enforcers swooped down on the suspect’s house, identified as alias “Jacinto,” 55, in Barangay Callejon on Wednesday morning.
The raiders, armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Agripino Bravo of the Regional Trial Court in this city, found one caliber .30 carbine with a magazine, 25 bullets; one caliber .38 pistol, two magazines, 24 bullets; one caliber .9mm pistol, two magazines, 19 bullets; and seven bullets for caliber .40 pistol, all undocumented.
The suspect is detained at the local police jail and faces charges of violating the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
The confiscated firearms would be subjected to ballistic and cross-matching examinations to determine if they had been used in past crime incidents.
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